Log In / Create Account
 

 
 

Dictionary

  Definition of helmet orchid
  1. any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
  2. any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
Similar Words: helmetflower, greenhood

 

Member Meronyms: Coryanthes, genus Coryanthes, Pterostylis, genus Pterostylis

 

 
  Search Dictionary

Search the meaning/definition of over one hundred thousand words!
 
 
  
  Random Word
Tiziano_Vecellio means old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576); ... more
 
  Find words starting with:
   
A
B
C
   
D
E
F
   
G
H
I
   
J
K
L
   
M
N
O
   
P
Q
R
   
S
T
U
   
V
W
X
   
Y
Z